SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Members of the Illinois House will take up the governor's veto of a budget package on Thursday.
Representative Lou Lang of Skokie is deputy majority leader. He says Democrats will attempt to reverse Governor Bruce Rauner's veto of the $36 billion spending plan, including a $5 billion income tax increase, when enough members show up to vote.
The Illinois Senate moved swiftly on Tuesday to override Rauner's vetoes. That sent them to the House. But fewer than 60 of 118 House members answered roll calls both Tuesday and Wednesday.
Lang says he can't answer for all the absences, but knows of three cases in which lawmakers are dealing with the death of a family member or friend, and other personal problems. As he says "legislators are people too."